The Spanish Main (1945)

Adventure Drama Romance

Laurent van Horn is the leader of a band of Dutch refugees on a ship seeking freedom in the Carolinas, when the ship is wrecked on the coast of Cartagene. governed by Don Juan Alvardo, Spainish ruler. Alvarado has Laurent thrown in prison, but the latter escapes, and five-years later is a pirate leader. He poses as the navigator on a ship in which Contessa Francesca, daughter of a Mexican noble, is traveling on her way to marry Alvarado, whom she has never seen. Laurent's pirates capture the ship and Francesa, in order to save another ship, gives her hand-in-marriage to Laurent, who sails her to the pirate hideout. This irks the jealous Anne Bonney and,also, Captain Benjamin Black, who was already irked, anyway. They overpower Laurent and send Francesa to Alvarado, and then Mario du Billar, trusted right-hand man, makes a deal to deliver Laurent to Alvarado also.

Updated May 23 2020

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1945-10-01

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Keywords:

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FACTS

Runtime: 100 mins Rating: 6.2 Tag Line: Loving her . . . taming her . . . called for all his reckless daring!

Cast

J. M. Kerrigan

Pillery Gow

Curt Bois

Paree

Paul Henreid

Capt. Laurent Van Horn

Barton MacLane

Capt. Benjamin Black

Victor Kilian

Santa Madre Captain

Nancy Gates

Lupita

Antonio Moreno

Commandante

John Emery

Mario Du Billar